Quadruple split.

Chapter 2643 A-Ping's Vegetable Garden

Game time AM12:58
Blood Barbarian Region, Skolk Stronghold, Southern Forest

"tutor!"

A girl with beautiful blonde hair, pretty features, and a sweet smile waved her hands vigorously and shouted to a girl with shoulder-length short hair, pale skin, and a sickly complexion not far away, "I did it! I summoned the [Screaming Banshee]!"

"I've told you a hundred times, Elfin, I'm just teaching you necromancy on behalf of my mentor. Strictly speaking, I should be your senior sister."

Juechen Tianping dragged his feet listlessly to Alfin Lenore, who, despite being simply dressed, possessed an innate elegance and nobility that made even a simple linen dress look like a haute couture gown on her. He said helplessly, "So don't call me mentor."

“But I think what Grandma Suerk meant was that you, Sister Tianping, should be my mentor.”

She looks like a child, and she is indeed a child, but her intelligence and emotional intelligence completely surpass those of her peers. Her precociousness is so great that it deeply impressed Elfin, an adult woman like Juechen Tianping. She blinked and said in a serious tone, "And if Sister Tianping stays at the academy as a teaching assistant after graduation, I should be just the right age to enroll. So Grandma Suerke is a mentor, and Sister Tianping, you are also a mentor!"

Juechen Tianping sighed: "But I didn't intend to stay at the academy as a teaching assistant. Although... well, although it is indeed a bit too dangerous for a necromancer to go outside Academy City before making a name for himself, I just graduated from my 'own world' and I don't want to be tied to the school in the game."

"Professor, if you have time, could you tell me more about your own world?"

Elfin smiled sweetly at the Libra girl, then stretched out her hands to her sides like a treasure, and said with a grin, "Now take a look at my [Screaming Banshee]!"

“I am watching.”

Juechen Tianping sighed, squatted down and looked at the translucent loli banshee in front of him. She looked no more than ten years old, her figure was about the size of an adult's palm, and her appearance was about 80% similar to Elfin's. He said helplessly, "Although the spell is very complete, isn't your 'banshee' a bit too childish? It feels like you're hiring child laborers."

Elfin blinked and asked curiously, "What is child labor?"

"It means making innocent and ignorant brats work like cattle and horses for you."

Juechen Tianping shrugged and laughed, "Of course, most of the [Screaming Banshees] are not strictly speaking intelligent undead creatures, but rather temporary spirits summoned by us necromancers through fixed methods, so there is no moral issue involved."

Elfin nodded vigorously: "Oh, oh!"

"But yours is really too tiny."

The skeletal scales, which fear nothing but a skeleton, gently poked the tiny banshee in front of them and chuckled, "Such a cute little thing shouldn't be used in actual combat yet, but of course, the direction is definitely right."

"..."

The little banshee, who had been floating peacefully in mid-air, was tripped up by the Dust-Free Balance Scale. She shook her head, then turned to the culprit who had just poked her, and opened her mouth wide: "Wow—!"

"Fuck!"

Juechen Tianping, who was hit almost at point-blank range, felt dizzy and saw stars. Although her high-level strength prevented her from being directly knocked down by this little female demon, the feeling of being caught off guard was still quite unpleasant. It took her several seconds to calm down and stop the buzzing in her head.

"tutor!"

Having failed to control the small [Screaming Banshee], Elfin immediately dispersed it, then looked at Juechen Tianping with a worried expression and whispered, "Um... are you alright?"

"It's alright. I felt about the same way when I bumped my head on the bathroom door while I was half asleep."

In order not to lose his composure in front of this precocious little girl who called him mentor, Juechen Tianping, though his head was buzzing, still nodded in a relatively calm tone and said, "In short, you, this [Screaming Banshee], are undoubtedly qualified. Rather, to be able to possess such strength while having such a deceptive appearance is simply unbelievable."

A slightly nervous Elfin finally breathed a sigh of relief and said with a grin, "That's great!"

"Ah."

Juechen Tianping nodded slightly, then suddenly called out softly, "Elfen."

The girl immediately raised her little hand with great enthusiasm: "I'm here!"

"You now……"

Although he hadn't formally taught the girl for long, Juechen Tianping could clearly sense her rapid progress. After a moment's thought, he asked, "You should be able to see those two [Soul Nightmares] that inherited your parents' longing by now, right?"

Elfin paused for a moment, then nodded obediently and said, "Yes, I can see them now, mentor."

"Ah."

Juechen Tianping nodded slightly, then asked, "Them... sigh, how are they?"

"They are just like real parents; they love me very much and care about me a lot."

Elfen smiled gently and said softly, "And since I started communicating with them, 'Dad' and 'Mom' no longer cling to me out of worry. Although they still follow me around because they can't stop worrying, it no longer affects my health."

"I knew it! I thought of that when Luna said your energy was almost depleted."

Juechen Tianping, who had become familiar with almost all the girls over this period of time, clicked his tongue, then his expression turned serious, and he said solemnly, "Even so, you still need to take your medicine properly for the next half month. After all, [Soul Nightmare] has consumed too much of your vital energy. Luna said that if you don't replenish it in time, the severe deficiency will cause you to develop chronic illnesses."

Elfin looked bitter and hesitated, saying, "But Lysa said that even if I don't continue taking the medication, I can recover with a good rest for a month or two."

The girl immediately shook her head vigorously, saying seriously, "What does Lysa know? Lysa is still an apprentice, Luna said..."

“Ryza said that Ms. Luna told her that.”

Erfin blinked innocently.

An embarrassing half-minute later, Juechen Tianping shouted angrily, "Just take your medicine! Taking medicine will make you feel better faster!"

"Oh……"

Seeing that resistance was futile, Elfin, who could endure countless things that ordinary people could not, but could not tolerate Luna's potions, sighed and obediently nodded, "I understand."

"Honey, I know that stuff tastes awful."

Juechen Tianping stroked Erfen's hair and said softly, "But it's not me who's drinking it."

Elfin: "...?"

"Uh, what I mean is—"

The Libra girl coughed lightly, having inadvertently revealed half of her true feelings, and said seriously, "Good medicine tastes bitter but is good for the disease. If we follow Black Van's plan, things will probably get lively here soon. The situation will definitely be chaotic, and neither Luna nor I may be able to take care of you. So at least get your health back before that happens."

Elfin nodded vigorously and obediently said, "I understand, mentor." "Good boy."

Juechen Tianping smiled and was about to praise the child again when he suddenly turned his head to look at the distance not far away, as if sensing something.

Several familiar figures were cautiously peeking towards them—

"Oh, what a rare guest!"

She casually tossed a piece of candy to Elfin, and while stretching, the Libra girl waved and greeted him cheerfully, "What, here to inspect the work?"

"No."

Mo Tan, who was walking at the front, smiled and nodded, saying in a light tone, "I have received news from my friends that the Holy Church Alliance's investigation team has completed its assembly in Gospel Mountain City. I'm afraid they will be heading north soon, and we don't have much time left."

"I know."

Juechen Tianping shrugged, then led Mo Tan and Yi Zou, Philip, Avery, and the current 'Skolk' Elgar to a piece of land that had just been renovated, and sighed, "Welcome to my 'vegetable garden'."

Mo Tan, who had already heard about this 'vegetable garden', nodded and asked with a serious expression, "So this is all..."

"Bone hyperplasia."

With a pale face and an ugly expression, Juechen Tianping forced a smile and said in a dry voice, "Over the past few days, the quantity has accumulated to a considerable level. In addition, Philip has been coming over to help whenever he has time, so both the 'quality' and 'quantity' are quite good."

Philip nodded with a subtle expression and exclaimed, "Well, it was certainly a very novel experience."

"Tsk tsk, so this is you."

Avery gave his friend a thumbs up and exclaimed, "Honestly, although your attitude towards necromancers isn't as extreme as Sun's, this opportunity to work directly with necromancers is still quite novel, even for you and me."

"Irrefutable."

Philip nodded and said calmly, "But Libra is indeed a very good person, and I have also seen her 'bone spurs.' The ingredients are basically artificial, and there is no resentment or filth in them. Hmm... although it sounds a bit strange, Libra's bone spurs are not even as murderous as Avery's sword."

Juechen Tianping sighed for the umpteenth time, "I'll say it again, these things in the ground are bone spurs that I 'cultivated,' not my own bone spurs."

"Speaking of which, Libra."

Elgar looked at Juechen Tianping's pale face and asked with some concern, "Are you alright? You look rather pale."

"nothing."

Juechen Tianping shook his head and said calmly, "I'm just a little afraid of bones."

"...?"

Then Elgar short-circuited. Obviously, even Skork, who had seen a lot of things, would find it hard to connect the two settings of 'necromancer' and 'somewhat afraid of bones'.

However, Mo Tan didn't lose his composure; he simply asked calmly, "Right now, how many can be armed?"

"Five hundred."

Juechen Tianping gave an accurate answer without hesitation, and then added: "If it's just skeletons, these bone growths should be enough to summon about two thousand, but I only brought three hundred sets of exoskeleton armor with me. Although I have been working hard to build them, I have only managed to get two hundred sets."

Mo Tan frowned and asked, "Will it be much worse without an exoskeleton?"

"It will be very different."

Juechen Tianping nodded and said seriously, "Although I am at the peak of the high-level, the skeleton soldiers are only a consumable unit after all. Their individual strength has a limit. If you add an exoskeleton and supporting engineering equipment, they may be able to barely reach the high-level, but without them... although they are not exactly fragile, they will definitely not meet your needs."

Mo Tan nodded slightly and continued, "May I take a look?"

"……Fine."

Although he really didn't want to summon the skeleton soldiers, Juechen Tianping knew that now was not the time to be coy, so he took a deep breath and quickly waved the slender bone wand in his hand.

Then--

Click! Click! Click!

Accompanied by a series of ominous sounds, three sturdy skeletons, each 180 centimeters tall, emerged from the 'vegetable patch'. Just as Philip had said, these undead creatures carried no resentment or filth. In fact, they gave Mo Tan the same feeling as life-size figurines outside the game, except they weren't as good-looking.

"Ugh."

However, the necromancer herself didn't seem to think so. She first took out three elaborately crafted mechanical exoskeletons from her bag, then threw them on the ground and quickly turned her head away, trying not to look at the skeleton soldiers she had summoned.

Under the watchful eyes of Mo Tan and the others, the three skeletons voluntarily changed into the three exoskeletons on the ground, their movements so swift as if they were afraid of 'exposing' themselves for even half a second longer.

"Phew, okay."

After the three skeletons concealed her own skeleton, Libra regained her composure, let out a soft sigh, and introduced to Mo Tan and the others: "These three types of armor are improvements I made after the [Questioning and Debate] ended. The effects seem pretty good. You can see for yourselves."

Having said that, the first skeleton soldier, with a mechanical chainsaw in its left hand, a sharp gear shield in its right, and steam propulsion devices on its legs and back, rushed towards Avery and unleashed more than ten heavy slashes in the blink of an eye.

"Oh!"

The Holy Son of Justice didn't even draw his sword. He simply strolled around, dodging the skeleton soldiers' attacks, and exclaimed, "This thing is really powerful."

Da da da! Da da da da da da! ! !
Just then, a second skeleton soldier, carrying an ammunition box on his back and wielding two Gatling guns, also launched a fierce attack, beginning to fire at Avery.

Wow, this is pretty exciting!

Avery, whose body was beginning to circulate battle aura and was constantly deflecting the impact of those projectiles, clicked his tongue and asked curiously, "What's the last one for?"

Before he finished speaking, the cloaked skeleton soldier trotted up to Avery, then lifted the cloak to reveal his body full of high-explosive bombs.

"???"

Chapter 2634: The End